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In Florida, during the summer time, people that are citizens of the state and have homes there will place sprinklers in their yards to keep the grass from getting dry. This is an example of people
a. Providing a type of economic service
b. Adapting to their environment
c. Using the environment for trade
d. Creating a new way of transportation
b. Adapting to their environment
The poem, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow titled, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” tells the story of the...
a) British attack on Washington, D.C.
b) Puritans’ ride across the ocean
c) Native Americans’ meeting with the Pilgrims
d) British attack on Lexington, Massachusetts
d) British attack on Lexington, Massachusetts
Which of the following was a cause of the American Revolution?
a) differences in culture and traditions
b) conflict over taxes and representation
c) differences over the practice of slavery
d) conflict about religious beliefs
b) conflict over taxes and representation
Which of the following is part of the toy producing process?
a.) Consumers purchasing the toy at the store
b.) When the toys are being made
c.) The previous consumer selling the toy at a yardsale
d.) The shipping of the toys to the store
b.) When the toys are being made
Which of the following is a benefit of rivers in Kentucky when they were created?
a) the development of trade
b) the growth of the steel industry
c) the development of shipbuilding
d) the growth of cattle drives
a) the development of trade
In 1754, The French and the Indians allied together in a fight against
a. Great Britain
b. Mexico
c. Holland
d. Spain
a. Great Britain
Which transportation system was built between California and the eastern region of the United States to make travel easier inside the USA?
a. The Transcontinental Railroad
b. The Santa Fe Trail
c. The Erie Canal
d. The Wilderness Road
a. The Transcontinental Railroad
The head of the executive branch at the Federal government level is the President. Who is the head of the executive branch at the state level?
a.) Supreme Court
b.) Governor
c.) Mayor
d.) Congress
b.) Governor
The Kentucky Constitution guarantees the right to own property, to worship, to assemble peacefully, and to pursue safety and happiness. Which principle of democracy is preserved by the guarantee of these rights?
a) Separation of powers
b) Civic responsibility
c) Individual liberty
d) Representative government
c) Individual liberty
Which of the following is part of the culture of Native Americans in Kentucky before the European explorers arrives?
a) Patchwork quilts
b) Cotton clothing
c) Woven baskets
d) Brick houses
c) Woven baskets
The following definition belongs to which term?
“A plan by which each side gives up something it wants in order to gain someone else”
a) Comparison
b) Convention
c) Compromise
d) Conflict
c) Compromise
Which technology MOST helped in the early settlement of the dry regions of the United States?
a) Radios
b) Computers
c) Irrigation
d) Electricity
c) Irrigation
*The use of child labor
*The growth of cities
*A rise in pollution levels
*An increase in immigration
The list above are all results of which of the following?
a) Industrial Revolution
b) Representative government
c) Separation of powers
d) Civic responsibility
a) Industrial Revolution
Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?
a) Anne Frank’s diary
b) History Book
c) A letter the president wrote to his wife explaining situations
d) Francis Scott Key’s original handwritten poem on paper
b) History Book
Which of the following means a direct exchange of goods or services?
a) Conflict
b) Arrange
c) Develop
d) Barter
d) Barter
People come to America from around the world for many reasons. In the early days of America, which country had people that came to America against their will and were forced here?
a.) Italy
b.) Africa
c.) Britain
d.) France
b.) Africa
In 1776, which of the following documents expressed America getting freedom from England?
a) Declaration of Independence
b) Constitution
c) Bill of Rights
d) Missouri Compromise
a) Declaration of Independence
Which of the following is the main reason laws are made?
a) The allow people to do as they please
b) To make all people happy
c) To give all American citizens a job
d) To establish justice and maintain order
d) To establish justice and maintain order
If Emily wanted to study the culture of a group of people, which of these would she need to look up in her research?
a) Location, environment, relation
b) Language, music, dress
c) Conflict, atmosphere, fossils in their location
d) Relative location, home situation, Relatives
b) Language, music, dress
Anna and her 3 friends wanted a pop from her fridge. When they each went to get one out, there were only 2 pops, this is an example of
a.) Scarcity
b.) Barter
c.) Production
d.) Consumer
b.) Barter
In the 1800’s, which of the following most likely made people want to move west across the United States?
a.) Comfortable homes in the areas
b.) Safe surroundings
c.) Free land
d.) Good jobs
c.) Free land
When Barry trades 2 erasers to his friend Janet for a pencil, this is an example of
a) Bartering
b) Developing
c) Consuming
d) Producing
a) Bartering
What is one of the main reasons that we celebrate the 1st Thanksgiving?
a) To celebrate freedom from British
b) To celebrate France giving the Pilgrims the Statue of Liberty
c) To celebrate how Pilgrims and Native Americans won the war against the British
d) To celebrate how Native Americans and Pilgrims helped each other
d) To celebrate how Native Americans and Pilgrims helped each other
The Erie Canal was built to
a) Provide power to factories for factories
b) Provide people with clean drinking water
c)Transport people or goods
d) Stop outsiders from entering the country
c) Transport people or goods
What is the main reason the framers of the U.S. Constitution established three different branches of government?
a) To make sure states would follow federal laws
b) To limit the power of the national government
c) To protect the country from foreign attack
d) To give the national government more power than the states
b) To limit the power of the national government